Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist Of Arland 3’s Dazzling First Screenshots

Gust’s next Atelier game picks up where Atelier Totori left off. Now 19, Totori has an apprentice, Meruru who is the star of Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3.

The sequel has a brand new land cultivating system. A mountain of rubble seen In the beginning of the game can become a fortress later on.

In addition to Totori and Meruru, Rorona is in the game. While she should be older, Totori’s teacher is now a little girl. She’s still a brilliant alchemist and will be a playable character during battles.

Gust has Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 scheduled for June 23 in Japan. The game will be available alone and as part of a 10,290 yen ($127) limited edition. This package includes the PlayStation 3 game, crystal paperweight, drama CD, and Meruru nendoroid.

Still no explanation why Rorona is younger? Maybe in the land of Arland, when you get too old, you revert back to a child lol. Or, Rorona screwed up on a potion that made her younger, so now they all need to cure her? I don’t think that is the case either though, you could make a fortune off that stuff.

The screens look really nice though. By the way, what is a drama CD? Is this just a bunch of skits or something?

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Essentially, yes. Sometimes it will also contain character songs or narration.

A drama CD is essentially side stories – Atelier Marie (for example) has at least four drama CDs, which basically are stories which happen (and are considered canon in most cases) in the world.

The Marie ones for example are hilarious – having her shout “Get back here!” to a bunch of punis who decide to split back into the forest once they run across her never ceases to amuse me.

For most part, the bets would be placed on Rorona screwing something up – in fact, it’s the only reason it’d happen, and of course, odds are, she did it trying to find Astrid.

As well, you have to keep in mind that for all intents and purposes, Rorona really IS a child – she speaks purely (apart from ‘pie’ anyway, and that’s done in katakana) in hiragana. This is an important note – you don’t see complex characters, which in a way distinctly defines Rorona’s age.

They didn’t pass on it. All signs are certainly pointing to it coming. Whenever Nick’s asked about it on here, he just kinda says, “What time is it” or “Be patient.” That usually means they just can’t officially announce it yet.

I really like Meruru’s design. :) Looks so nice. The cultivating aspect seems like a good idea. Kinda reminds me of Suikoden and trying to make the best castle you can but I’ll guess these will be different considering the nature of Suikoden being so different. Still seems pretty cool. :D